ill temper
Example Sentences
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During a long country weekend, however, the hosts’ energetic hospitality betrays an edge, mainly to do with Paddy’s mercurial, insistent personality and flashes of ill temper toward Ant.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024
Part of the ill temper was produced by the death of Bobby Kennedy only two and a half months earlier.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2018
His ill temper only deepened when we reached Sinjar.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2016
In soccer, using ill temper as a management tool has earned Ferguson fame and respect.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2013
Her son laughed at his mother’s ill temper.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
